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Good Policy, Good Practice. Improving Outcomes and Productivity in Higher Education: A Guide for Policymakers (Part I)
(National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), 2007-11-01)
This report describes a wide range of successful strategies from which states can draw to increase the educational attainment of their residents while holding down higher education costs. Part I offers examples of strategies, ...
Low-Income Students Who They Are and How They Pay for Their Education
(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000-03-01)
Students from low-income families typically need substantial financial assistance to be able to attend college. This report examines the characteristics of low-income undergraduates and how they pay for college. It begins ...
Achieving the Dream in Connecticut: State Policies Affecting Access to, and Success in, Community Colleges for Students of Color and Low-Income Students
(Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006-11-11)
Connecticut is one of two states in the second round of the Achieving the Dream initiative. In joining the initiative along with Ohio, it brings in a northern state that is quite different from the five southern and ...
Leveling the Playing Field: Expanding Access to Higher Education
(Demos, 2004-08-04)
There has been a fundamental shift in our nation's priorities for ensuring access to higher education. In the 1970s and 1980s, most aid was awarded in grants, while loans remained relatively low. Over the last two decades, ...
Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
(National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, 2003)
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the extent of anti-LGBT harassment and bias, its impact on students, policy interventions that support LGBT students and improve school climate, and the changing policy ...
Championing Success: A report on the progress of Tribal College and University alumni
(The Institute for Higher Education Policy for the American Indian College Fund, 2006-04-01)
This report presents the findings from an original survey and personal interviews conducted with American Indian College Fund scholarship recipients. The report is a snapshot of how scholarship recipients are faring after ...
Are College Students Borrowing Blindly?
(Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, 2004-12-01)
Improving the college search process by making college costs more transparent to potential students and their families is a primary focus of recent higher education policy efforts. This analysis, drawing on data from two ...
The Link between High School Reform and College Access and Success for Low-Income and Minority Youth
(American Youth Policy Forum; Pathways to College Network, 2005)
Although greater numbers of students are enrolling in college today than they were 20 years ago, the rates of college enrollment for African American and Latino students remain considerably lower than those of White and ...
Building Pathways to Success for Low-Skill Adult Students: Lessons for Community College Policy and Practice from a Statewide Longitudinal Tracking Study
(Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005-04-01)
This report is based on a first-of-its-kind study of the progress and outcomes of low-skill adults in community colleges. The study uses student record information from the Washington State Community and Technical College ...
Engaging Latino Communities for Education Closing the Achievement Gap
(National Conference for States Legislatures, 2008)
This report, based on the ENLACE model for student success, examines some of the major research in best practices for Latino students and offers policy ideas for state legislators. Although the model intentionally avoids ...